Zakir Naik Is An Islamic Supremacist; Speaks Of Sex Slaves, Suicide Bombing

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Islamic tele-evangelist Zakir Naik is once again in the news. And it comes as no surprise that this time too it is for all the wrong reasons.

Investigations post the Dhaka attack revealed that two of the attackers were followers of the Mumbai-based preacher.

It's A Congress-Yukt Bharat As PM Modi Borrows Indira Gandhi's Working Style

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

In the run-up to the historic post-Emergency elections in 1977, Babu Jagjivan Ram had come out with a one-liner that captured the imagination of the masses across the nation - "There is a one and a half men rule in India". Babuji was referring to the reign of Indira Gandhi-Sanjay Gandhi.

Ask any old-timer and he will tell you that nobody except these one (Indira) and a half (Sanjay) men mattered in Government of India those days. And who else could have known the prevailing state of affairs better than Jagjivan Ram, the senior most minister under Indira's premiership? None perhaps.

Zakir Naik: A Suave, Soft Spoken And Articulate Face Of Salafi Islam

By SHEENA SHAFIA | INNLIVE

Islamic tele-evangelist Zakir Naik is once again in the news. And it comes as no surprise that this time too it is for all the wrong reasons.

Investigations post the Dhaka attack revealed that two of the attackers were followers of the Mumbai-based preacher.

On The Actor's Trail: Mom-To-Be Kareena Kapoor Khan Has Revived The Old Debate About Married Heroines Witb A Twist

By NISHI KHAN | INNLIVE

We might be having a few wrong expectations after the announcement of the star’s pregnancy.

In 2012, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali made a questionable statement in the midst of pre-production for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela about replacing Kareena Kapoor with Deepika Padukone. “A married woman can never be my Juliet,” he had said at that time, explaining why Kapoor, who had announced her wedding to Saif Ali Khan, would be miscast as William Shakespeare’s tragic heroine.

Terror Attacks: The Bangladesh Govt Cannot Afford To Pretend Business As Usual

By AKHTISAD KHAN | INNLIVE

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must end her government’s policy of appeasement and draw up a strategy to deal with the Islamist threat.

The weekend, which brought a horrific attack to Dhaka, has faded, but the events have not as confusion reigns in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spoke twice on July 2, but what she said about the latest Islamist attack did not hint at a shift in stance or intention on part of her Awami League government.

A Sri Lankan Eid: A Time For Family, Friends And Food

By ADILAH ISMAIL | INNLIVE

The Lankan Eid table is a confluence of the historical and cultural elements that have influenced the island's palate.

Every year unfailingly during Ramadan, I remember an incident which occurred a few years ago in Delhi. It was my first Ramadan away from family and the comforts of home and the experience of a new country and fasting alone brought with it a heavy sense of solitude.

Since Last 35 Years, Sindhi Volunteers Have Helped Worshippers At Chennai Mosque To Break Their Ramzan Fastings

By AFROZ CHINGA | INNLIVE

The followers of the Sufi saint Dada Ratanchand carry on the tradition of serving food at the Wallajah Mosque for all thirty days of the fast.

It's dusk in Chennai. The warm evening light streams in from behind the two white minarets of the Wallajah mosque in Triplicane. In the spacious front yard, more than 50 men wearing white fez caps wait silently. A little before the evening prayers begin in the 220-year-old mosque, a yellow truck swings into the driveway. The men immediately spin into action, unloading metal containers of porridge, biscuits, bananas and vadas.

Analysis: Cabinet Reshuffle Is Aimed At UP Polls, But What If It Backfires?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Recent Union Cabinet reshuffle - or 'expansion' as Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to call it - threw up many clues for the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

Election analysts and poll pundits have already called the latest change in Modi's Council of Ministers an act of balancing caste and regional equations. Tuesday's expansion of the Union Cabinet is being touted as Modi's biggest political moves since he acquired the top office since May 2014.